Gazebo on Mount Royal, Montreal, Québec
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lison55
N 45° 30.702 W 073° 34.825
18T E 610884 N 5040776
A gazebo on Mount Royal that will bear the name of Mordecai Richler to commemorate the 10th anniversary of his passing on July 3rd 2011.
Waymark Code: WMDQFC
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 02/14/2012
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The 83-year-old structure on parkland at the foot of Mount Royal was built as a small bandstand but is now most often used by the homeless. It is to be fixed up and renamed after Mr. Richler, and city officials hope it will become a speakers’ corner like the famed one in London’s Hyde Park.
For more than 60 years after its 1928 construction, the octagonal gazebo was the scene of free concerts sponsored by a trust fund established by a wealthy Montreal lawyer, Charles Sandwith Campbell. There is no record of Mr. Richler having any connection to the gazebo but Ms. Fotopulos speculated he may have played there as a child. The park is within walking distance of his childhood home.
Mordecai Richler, (January 27, 1931 – July 3, 2001 was a Canadian Jewish author, screenwriter and essayist. A leading critic called him "the great shining star of his Canadian literary generation" and a pivotal figure in the country's history. His best known works are The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Barney's Version, and the Jacob Two-Two children's stories. His 1989 novel Solomon Gursky Was Here was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1990.
Location: Located at the foot of Mount Royal
Materials Used: Wood
Seating Type: Not listed
Other Material Used: Not listed
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